Friday, November 19, 2010

Long Time


Stagger Lee was a bad man, eve'ybody know/
He had a pearl-handle straight razor, and a blue-steel fo'ty four ...


And Yours Truly and his lovely bride have now been married for forty-four years, too.


Got a houseful of family arriving this afternoon to visit for Thanksgiving, so the celebration will have to wait until next weekend. The traditional gift for a 44th? Groceries. (43rd is travel, and 45, a sapphire, but ... groceries?)


I'll have somebody camping in my office the next week, so postings will be hit or miss. Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it in case I miss saying it later.

8 comments:

Scott said...

Hey, USDA Prime porterhouse is groceries, right?

MrE2Me2 said...

Hey Congrats! May you have many more!

Brad said...

Congrats and Happy Thanksgiving! And thank your wife for inspiring you to write the stories you do.

Unknown said...

Congratulations. That must have taken some good work.

Daniel Keys Moran said...

Having recently been through a pile of your books, one after another, looking at the text pretty closely ... I can say without a doubt that I can see how you stayed married 44 years. Not sure there's a book in the bunch we just did that's *not* dedicated to Dianne ...

The verification word is "sliester."

steve-vh said...

Congrats and Happy Thank a Native American day!

Jim said...

Congratulations! Wonder how she manages to put up with you...

Nataraj Hauser said...

Congratulations on a great milestone. Well done Sir and Madam.